Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [det] moments " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had his eyes closed , and for the first few moments Belinda kept hers open , so she could see in extreme close-up the blurred crescents of his dark lashes resting on the smoothly tanned skin of his cheeks . |
| 2 | The care pulls up at the studio and Kylie greets everyone with a breezy ‘ G'Day ’ and gets ready for the last few moments as Lola teenage runaway . |
| 3 | A characteristic of automatic performance is an apparent loss of memory for what has been done during the previous few moments . |
| 4 | It took a very short time indeed , and with every step Jenna 's trembling lessened , although she refused to think about the last few moments in the barn with Alain . |
| 5 | Something in the atmosphere of the room seemed to have changed in the course of the last few moments , and Liston could n't say for certain what it was . |
| 6 | Robbie asked , her gesture encompassing the exchanges of the last few moments . |
| 7 | Relieved to find some respite from the intensity of the last few moments , she allowed him to guide her outside . |
| 8 | Padding behind them were the demolition squads , Corran Purdon 's men held for a tense few moments in the open when every second might draw more fire as they smashed the northern winding-hut door ( 'A' ) . |
| 9 | I lay on the ground for a few more moments , then continued on my way through the trees in the direction of Brigade Headquarters , pondering on the likely thoughts of Colonel Peter Young and his three Officers back there on the hill . |
| 10 | He studied the English copy for a few more moments before dropping it into the shredder . |
| 11 | ‘ Comm 's working , ’ she said , and listened to it for a few more moments . |
| 12 | This is not to say , however , that in certain applications , the use of ‘ normal ’ in-rack sprinkler systems is not perfectly satisfactory where the arrangement of sprinklers can be such that a number of them can be brought in early against the fire , or where the nature of the goods stored is such that flames are unlikely to damage them within the first few moments of fire development . |
| 13 | Owners have to be especially vigilant in the first few moments when the dogs are brought back together , and while they settle down to rest . |
| 14 | Li Yuan swallowed , sensing that everything depended on what he said in the next few moments ; that his father had not quite made up his mind , even now . |
| 15 | I think that er we are probably some years of and therefore whilst we make indulge our service in the next few moments it each other er we are eventually and then perhaps going through a convenient route er and thrashing out some sort of profit margin . |
| 16 | Everywhere one looked there were unaccustomed trophies on display and , when the visiting Ryder Cup team arrived at The Belfry in the last few moments of the decade , they were greeted by the sight of the Ryder , Curtis and Walker Cups , knowing that the last name on them was not that of the United States of America . |
| 17 | I watched the Land-Rover grind its way up the track till a turn of the glen hid it from sight , and in a few more moments the sound of its engine had faded to silence . |
| 18 | In a few more moments this love scene would have reached the point of no return . |
| 19 | Climbers who have succumbed to the lurking intimidation will find this little haven quite familiar over the next few moments … hours ? … as repeated attempts are made to commit themselves to a traverse across the wall towards that seemingly distant arête . |
| 20 | Her whole future depends on the next few moments ! |